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ANALYSIS: Kendrick Nunn and Anthony Davis are the only players out of the Lakers rotation entering 2022. The former has yet to play his first minutes donning Purple and Gold threads, and the latter should stay out for almost a month. Even then, though, and given the bad results the Lakers have cooked through the first two months of the season, LA has opted to tweak the starting lineup throwing Malik Monk to the fire. And it's kind of worked for our purposes.
Monk has gone from playing 24 MPG before Christmas to staying on the court a ridiculous 34 MPG in the past four games (Dec. 25 on) starting three of those. The average line is great while aided by that playing time, sitting at 19-3-2-0-1 in the past week of play. That was somewhat expected because of the higher minutes, yes, but Monk has also become more efficient (confident?) since getting a more prominent role.
Monk has shot the rock 12 times a game (9+ FGA in all four last games) while hitting them at a ludicrous 58.2%... while scoring 3-3-2-2 triples in those four and all 14 free-throw shots he's attempted. Uh, oh, gotta love this New Malik. Even when/if he gets downgraded a bit, Monk is a sound three-point shooter with upside on the steals and blocks categories. Monk is one of only 16 players keeping up 47/37/87 shooting splits, and one eight doing so while hoisting 8+ FGA and attempting at least 1+ FTA a day.
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